Creds: The I.R.S. Adventure

by Ben Parris

Complete version - all four parts in one book Honest and hardworking IRS agent Danny “Creds” Shapiro is in trouble—with his superiors, with his girlfriend, and with a powerful politician desperate to keep a dark secret hidden. Danny doesn’t know that as he makes the journey home from work one night, trouble is stalking him and it doesn’t intend to leave him alive. In the blink of an eye, Danny is fending for his life and piecing together his memories of the last two years in search of an answer. How could he have possibly ended up here when all he wanted was a 401K plan to impress the woman he loves? Join Danny as he sifts through the web of conspiracy theorists, potentially crazy bosses, and a myriad of shadow organizations on his way to the truth.

412 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 5, 2015

About the author

Ben Parris' latest novel, AMYNTA OF ANATOLIA (Wade of Aquitaine #3), is about the titanic final battles spanning the millennia between astral travelers and one of their fellows who wants to assassinate them as inferiors. He has already destroyed half the multiverse to do it. Until November 29, 2020 readers can find this extra-large volume among the Goodreads Giveaways and enter for a chance to win one of three first edition signed print copies.

Ben Parris was one of the first 50 authors to have his novel on Amazon Kindle. Within its first year, WADE OF AQUITAINE, literature's first synesthete hero, became one of the original Kindle bestsellers, ranking in the Top Three for War, and Action/ Adventure for a total of 22 weeks. KREINDIA OF AMORIUM (2017) was the followup.

Reviews

[Tiffany Foster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creds: An IRS Adventure creates an engaging story of conspiracy and a race to the top over the backdrop of one of the most despised occupations in the country. Ben Parris takes on the unbelievable challenge of writing a novel about an IRS agent and creates a protagonist that readers care about and even root for. Better yet, Parris is able to make the story of Danny Shapiro’s rise in the IRS an engaging page-turner.

Danny Shapiro is a workaholic and an unstoppable up-and-comer. He joins the IRS at the very bottom in hopes of becoming an auditor, and despite numerous attempts by others to get rid of him, he makes a name for himself. As Danny navigates the dark world of the IRS, the Big Brother feel of the novel keeps the reader constantly guessing and trying to decide which conspiracy theory to believe next. Driven by his love for his girlfriend Linda, Danny wrestles the IRS into his dream job and makes Big Brother work for him.

The most enjoyable part of Creds is the characters Parris creates. Ever character is vivid, real, and pulls you in. From Verna, the conspiracy-crazy, red-lip-stick-wearing, seductive coworker to Purisi, the kneecapping thug-for-hire, every character is inventive and engaging. None of Parris’s characters feel cliché or trite. They are real people that you will love to love or love to hate.

As a whole, Parris takes a novel that should have never worked and makes it a real page-turner.